🧠 Big Question: Where Do All These Instructions Come From?

If software is just a list of instructions, who makes the list?

The answer is: programmers.

These are people who write code — step-by-step instructions in a special language the computer can understand.

Let’s break that down.

👩‍💻 What’s a Programmer?

A programmer is like a recipe writer — but instead of cooking food, they cook up apps, games, and tools.

They write instructions like:

• “If the player presses left, move the car left.”

• “If the score reaches 100, show ‘You win!’”

• “If the user types a letter, show it on the screen.”

They write these instructions using something called code.

💬 What Is Code?

Code is a special language made for computers.

It’s not English or Hindi or Spanish — it looks more like this:

Each line tells the computer exactly what to do. No guessing.

🧠 What Happens to the Code?

1. The programmer writes the code

2. A special tool called a compiler or interpreter changes the code into 1s and 0s

3. These 1s and 0s are stored in a file — this is the software!

4. When you open the software, the computer reads the bits and follows them

🛠️ Can Kids Write Software?

Absolutely! You don’t need to be a grown-up.

With tools like Scratch or simple Python, kids write software all the time — games, animations, quizzes.

If you’ve ever used block coding or Scratch, you’ve already written software.